Xautomobile-headlight



W. H. VELTON.

AUTOMOBiLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 15. l9l8.

1 3 1 9,8 1 5 Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

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AUTOMGBILE HEADLiGHT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15. 191B 1 ,3 1 9,8 1 5 Patented Oct. 28, [919.

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' Alppllciaition filed April 15,1918. sem R0, 22mm,

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Beit knownthat' I, WILLIAM H. VELTON, a. citizen of the United'States, and a resident of Bay, in the county of Pinal, and State of Arizona} have invented certain new and useful Improvements iniAutomobile-Head lights, of tvhich the following'is a, specificatio'rhfl I l 3 My present invention'relates to automb bile h'eqkllights, and particularly to a diri-.

ible liegtrllight or' one intended for use to Iiluininete lthe 'p'uth to'be followed by the .vehiclei when 't esame' is traveling eitherf upon'a, straight road or sroundmg"curves. f An ob ect of my nvention is to provide eanbe fitted to nuichines at the teeter-Lon" which can be handled as an accessory to be installed by the'individual user. p

r A- further object is to arrange an oprat:

compensate as the bodyof the vehicle rnoves with respeot to'thesteering rod due to coinpression end expansion of the loud springs and to cushion shocks which would otherwise be-imparted to the lamps from the steerin rod due to movement of the same by "O$Cl lz'rtion of the wheels throughstrib ing irregularities in the roadway.

Another object is to provide lamp support: ing members by which the-headlights are carried,'and which are mounted adj ustably to beset to shiftthe lamps to project their 4 li ht beams in proper paths,

lath sii pportingjr'nember' which will be em n i notches and s secured by the camp nuts urther bjeets'of'myinvention will apin the f0]l(). 1ying detailed description, taken I in corniectioi jvith t] re accompanying drawings," riniiig'i tpz rt of this specifics: tion,'a ndfi n whichdlnwings; p Fi'giirefl-isja. view n perspective of the fol-Ward end'of tin' automohile'shov'ving. my

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referlto similar parts throughout the views, A designates the forward part of the body. 1

structure of an automobile which inchidesthe radiator,- the hood, and other assoeiated orted from parts, this structure being en? the front axle B, by me ins'o oad sprin 0. Wheels D are: mounted on the axle while mud. guards are'disposed over the wheels, the parts being in fact those of an automobile of: sta.i1derd donstruction. The wheels .D are turned tonecomplish stearin of the vehicle, b [the steering rod E, which is connectedwit e steering post turned by a. steer-in [whee], orjis otherwise shifted to g accomplis properfinovenieht-and setting of the 'wheels; La'mpsG andzH'nre mounted b brecketsl, theconstruction and fitting 0 which Will be here nafter more fully set forth, and. these lamps are set at points corf .ircsponding sub'sta-ntialb to the usual n'xounte 'ing of the headlights when thesame are fixed uponthe vehicle structure: .A. red J connects the lamps (r and H, and asthe movewill hiftturned or shifted, the remaining lam be given correspondingmovement.

lug rods K andL'ure provided to establish v connection from the steering rod F to the lamps G and H, and through this connection thelainps will he turned as the rod F is shifted to set the ivheelslG for the steerm 'of the vehicle.

*ach of the brackets I is inade up of a,

single member whieh is bent and shaped to provides. bridle {having upper and lower v bars; and 6, the lower bar having an extension 7 which widens at the forward end thereof. The bars'h'nud 6 have the slotted opcning zs S and 9 formed therethrough,these slotted openings being notched at their edges and the upper end of a bracket support 10 is'fittl-d through the slotted opening's 8 and 9, a'ehuu'p nut 11 being proi'lded to tighten against the bridle 4= to secure the same in the set position. As the notches oh p 7 '1' (ml of the bracket support is fitted tirou h aimed the p ernnd lower slots are formed to sub- IL't-he bridle will he held in horizontal disposition. and as the bracket supports are mounted to have rvvoluhle .luorement, the bridles will be capable of swinging movepassed through a correspondingly shaped slotted opening in the lower bar 6, a bolt 13 being mounted betweenthe bars 5 and 6 to hold this forward upright portion in the proper fitting. A bolt 14 is mounted through openings provided in the bars 5' and- 6, which bolt is intended to be used as a pivot and bushings 15 are provided on the ends of this bolt. The widened out exten- :ion 7 of the bracket I has lamp mounting portions lti'thereon, it of course being un- :lerstood that these por ions, will 'be eonstructed to receive and hold the Particular lamp which is to be fitted in place. While in the present instance, I have shown the widened out extension 7 and the lamp mounting portions 16 as the structure by which the lamp is to be carried, it will be understood that the lower bar 6 of the bridle I might terminate in forked extension shaped to form horns upon which a lalnp would be mounted, it of course being appreciated that tile. structure of these parts will be in a great nu-asure varied to lit the particular lamp.

The lamp connecting rod J has bearing openings at the ends thereof for reception of the bolts 14. as carried by the bridles I, and the bushing portions 15 hold this rod in proper disposition. To give additional support. to the lamp mountings, sprlng portions 17 might be arranged between the bracket supports 10 and the mud guards E of the machine, or other portions of the fixed body structure.

as the steering rod F is ordinarily disposed behind the forward axle. B, whereas the shifting rodsK and L are mounted in front of the radiator of the machine, the arms 18 and 19 are provided to be rigidly fixed on the steering rod by means of bolts .50. these rrms i8 and '19 having threaded stems 21 on their free ends. The shifting rods Kand L have eyes provided for reeeption of the threaded stems 2i, and cap nuts are fitted on the stems to retain the ellll ting rods in this mounting, it of course being understood that a pivotal mounting is established by the :u'rangemcnt set forth. The rods K and L are'extended from the arms 18 and Win a crossed relation and springs 22 and 23am connected with the ends of the roil'si K-aud L and then at their fi'ee'ends' arefisecurml in e cs 24 provided in the connecting rod J. .I desired, a member 25 might be. fitted to the shifting rods Kandll, at the point of crowing to provide an anti-rattling connection at this point, it of course being understood that the membcr must slide upon each of the shifting rods.

The operation of the headlight is as follows:'

Assuming that. the structure is to be a plied to an automobile 'as already in use, t ie n'acket supporting members 10 will be mounted at suitable points upon the forward body or frame structure of the automobile and will be'sui tably braced, as b means of the member 17, following whiei the connection of the remaining parts is made after the manner as hereinlu-fore set forth.- As the. steering rod I is shifted to turn the wheel D of the vehicle, the. arms IS-and 19 will be carried either to the right or the left, as the parts are shown in Fig. 1, and the shifting rod which has pulling force exerted thereon will impart moremcnt to the connecting rod J through the spring connected thereto. The shifting rod which has pushing force. exerted thereon does not materially air! in the movement of the connecting rod J, mt the spring associated therewith arts luimlll the rod against excessive emlwise. movement. As the rod J is connected with each of lamp supporting brackets, movement of this rod in either direction will :u'rumplisll equal turning of the headlights, tlll'(ll\gll shifting of the brackets arouml their swinging mounting on the bracket supports 10. By this arrangement of the parts, the" headlights (i and ll will at all times be disposed to project the light beams therefrom in front of the vehicle, .whether the same be traveling on a straight road or is making a turn, and by provision of the springs 22 and 23, the relative movement of the axle B with iespect to the body of the frame portion, due to compression and expansion of the load springs C, is compensated for.

Changes in details may departing from the invention; but,

Iclaim:

1. In an automobile headlight structu the combination with a) pair of lamps, 0 a rod connecting the lamps for synchronous movement, shifting rods connected with the steering gear of the vehicle and extended in cross relation and connected to said lam connecting rod, a. coupling connectin sa-i be made without spirit or scope of my rods and their crossing portions and shdably mounted upon said rods to ermitindependent longitudinal 'inovemen of one rod with respect to the other.

2. An automobile headli ht structure in eluding in combination vi a rod connecting the lamps for synchronous apair of lamps, f

movement, shifting rods connected with the f stmring gear of the vehicle and extended in cross relation, springs connected to the upper ends of said'rods and to raid lun connecting rod, 0. coupling Bai rods at their crossing portions and slid-ably mounted upon said rods to permit independent longitudinal movement of one rod with respect to the other.

3. In an automobile headlight structure,

the combination, of bracket supporting posts, brackets pivotally mohnted upon the upper ends of said posts, lamps carried at one end of said brackets, said brackets provided with notched slots receiving theretthrough the upper ends of said posts to permit adjustments of the connection between the posts and the brackets, means connecting said brackets for synchronous movement, and means connecting the brackets to the steering structure of a vehicle to operate the brackets by operation of the steering struc ture.

4. In an automobile headlight structure, the combination, of bracket supporting posts, brackets pivotally mounted upon the upper ends of said osts, lamps carried at one end of said brackets, said brackets provided with notched slots receiving therethrough the upper ends of said posts to permit adjustments of the connection between the posts and brackets, a rod connecting said brackets for synchronous movement,

shiftin rods connected with the steering gear ot tlhe vehicle and extended in cross re lation, and connected to said bracket connceting rod, a coupling connecting said rods at their crossing portions and slidably mounted upon said'rods to permit independent longitudinal movement of one rod with respect to the other.

5. An automobile headlight structure including with lamps mounted to swing on vertical axes, a rod connecting said lamps to swing together, arms mounted in fixed relation adiacent the ends of the steering rod of the automobile, shifting rods pivotally mounted on said arms and extended in cross relation, and springs connected to the free ends of said cross rods and to said lamp connecting rod to compensate for movement of the steering rod with respect to the frame structure on which the lamps are mounted due to Compression and expansion of the load springs of the vehicle.

t. In a dirigible headlight structure for automobiles a lamp supporting bracket comprising a bridle havin' upper and lower ars which are P10 idct with slotted ()])l'l1- ings notched at their edges, means carried by said bridle on one side of the slotted openings by which a lamp is received and held, a bolt carried at the opposite side of said slotted openings bv which a shifting connection is established to the bridlc and L bracket supporting member adapted to be adjustably fitted through the slotted openings of the bridle and to be held within the notches thereof, said bracket supporting member having a clamp nut associated therewith to secure the bridle in place.

WILLIAM H. vuixrou. 

